I wanted to get on the latest developer preview release, downloaded the system image, and flashed it to my phone, when done i tried to reboot it, but it stayed on the white google logo screen infinitely. Eventually rebooted, and now won't even attempt to boot. It just goes back to fastboot.
Any attempt to go to recovery, boot the system, or anything - gives an error "Your device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and may not work properly". It offers a link to g.co/ABH then an option to press the power to continue, when I do, it briefly flashes the google logo, then back to the bootloader. Where it has a reason shown as "error booting boot.img"
It doesn't respond to any adb or fastboot commands, but does show in the device manager as LeMobile Android Device (Android Bootloader Interface). And that's about it.
I seem to be stuck in a loop here, and would appreciate if anyone has any advice to offer.
I've managed to get it responding to fastboot commands, but it fails while flashing the system image, it seems to fail at exactly the same point each time though, and I just can't seem to get it to finish the install, and therefore can't boot up.
It flashes the radio, and recovery without any problem, goes through a large portion of the system flash process before failing.
Below is the text from where it fails, does anyone know a way around this?
Sending sparse 'vendor_b' 1/3 (262140 KB) FAILED (Error reading sparse file)
fastboot: error: Command failed
Ohiostyle said:
I've managed to get it responding to fastboot commands, but it fails while flashing the system image, it seems to fail at exactly the same point each time though, and I just can't seem to get it to finish the install, and therefore can't boot up.
It flashes the radio, and recovery without any problem, goes through a large portion of the system flash process before failing.
Below is the text from where it fails, does anyone know a way around this?
Sending sparse 'vendor_b' 1/3 (262140 KB) FAILED (Error reading sparse file)
fastboot: error: Command failed
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Is it going from fastboot to fastbootd?
Yeah it was, it completed a lot of other read/write actions after moving over to fastbootd, before failing.
I was able to get it working by sideloading the ota file. Any system image (always factory images) that I would try to flash would fail at the same point. I have no idea why.
Ohiostyle said:
I've managed to get it responding to fastboot commands, but it fails while flashing the system image, it seems to fail at exactly the same point each time though, and I just can't seem to get it to finish the install, and therefore can't boot up.
It flashes the radio, and recovery without any problem, goes through a large portion of the system flash process before failing.
Below is the text from where it fails, does anyone know a way around this?
Sending sparse 'vendor_b' 1/3 (262140 KB) FAILED (Error reading sparse file)
fastboot: error: Command failed
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you need to extract the other zip within the image and make sure you extract it where your adb tools are
tmoore3496 said:
you need to extract the other zip within the image and make sure you extract it where your adb tools are
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Yes, I had that problem time ago (I think with the OG Pixel).
Doing what you described fixed it, now I always do it just in case.
Also updating to the latest platform tools.
Can you go into recovery? If so try sideloading an OTA file.
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Nexus 7 (grouper) doesn't boot - Bootloader says "FAILED (remote: (FileWriteFailed))"
Hi,
My Nexus 7 (grouper) won't boot Android anymore. It automatically boots into the bootloader and when I select 'Start' or 'Recovery Mode' it just says "Booting failed".
When I try to flash a new recovery Image over fastboot I get the following Output:
[[email protected] Downloads]$ sudo fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.8.7.0-grouper.img
sending 'recovery' (11850 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.409s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: (FileWriteFailed))
finished. total time: 1.441s
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It's the same, when I try to flash anything else. So I have no chance to flash a Stock-Image. I also get the same error when I try to format a partition. I'm pretty much out of ideas now. Can anybdoy help me?
yeah this same thing kept happening to me (I have no idea why) Once you get into the bootloader make sure your device shows up IE fastboot devices, then flash bootloader, then fastboot reboot-bootloader then between each succeding flash use the volume buttons to select reboot bootloader on the device. I had to flash individual partitions it would'nt do a -w update, so flash system, then reboot bootloader on device, then flash, then reboot bootloader, ect
Also booting into Android takes a bit so be patient, like 10/15 min. Maybe there's an easier way but after screwng around with it for an hour this is the only way I could get 5.1.1 on it.
productofusa said:
yeah this same thing kept happening to me (I have no idea why) Once you get into the bootloader make sure your device shows up IE fastboot devices, then flash bootloader, then fastboot reboot-bootloader then between each succeding flash use the volume buttons to select reboot bootloader on the device. I had to flash individual partitions it would'nt do a -w update, so flash system, then reboot bootloader on device, then flash, then reboot bootloader, ect
Also booting into Android takes a bit so be patient, like 10/15 min. Maybe there's an easier way but after screwng around with it for an hour this is the only way I could get 5.1.1 on it.
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When I try to flash the bootloader I get:
[[email protected] Downloads]$ sudo fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-grouper-4.23.img
sending 'bootloader' (2100 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.263s]
writing 'bootloader'...
FAILED (remote: (Unknown error code))
finished. total time: 0.403s
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And when flashing other partitions it says "FAILED (remote: (FileWriteFailed))".
Something seems to be really screwed up with my storage. Is there a way to repartition the device from fastboot? Maybe that would be help.
I'm willing to try out everything, by now.
Is it possible the files your trying to flash are somehow corrupt? try downloading again. My problem was fastboot kept crashing, not really sure what you got going on.
I will say that i've just finished flashing nexus 6,7,7, and 9 and for some reason the nexus 7 (2012) was a real pain in the butt, didn't have issues with any of the others.
Maybe someone else with another idea will chime in, good luck!
productofusa said:
Is it possible the files your trying to flash are somehow corrupt? try downloading again. My problem was fastboot kept crashing, not really sure what you got going on.
I will say that i've just finished flashing nexus 6,7,7, and 9 and for some reason the nexus 7 (2012) was a real pain in the butt, didn't have issues with any of the others.
Maybe someone else with another idea will chime in, good luck!
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I already downloaded them multiple times. And even if they are corrupt, formatting the partitions should still work. I'm guessing on corrupt storage now, as I can't find any other explanation. Maybe I can find a cheap Motherboard somewhere on the internet. Thanks, anyways
Hello,
I'll start off by apologizing for being a noob. I tried to follow the instructions found here but somehow I got stuck in a state where my NP won't boot up. It is stuck at the Google black screen with an unlock icon. I tried to flash the 2.1 Lollirock rom and now i'm stuck in this state.
I have the NP plugged in and can get to the bootloader screen but I can't seem to figure out how to fix this. I downloaded the boot.img and system.img files from the Lollirock XDA page.
Steps I did:
At the bootloader page -
1) fastboot oem unlock (twice)
2) the bootloader screen then said it was unlocked
3) flashboot boot boot.img
4) flashboot flash system system.img
5) flashboot -w
Everything was successful with no errors so I put enabled Normal Boot in the bootloader and it just sits at the Google screen for about a minute and loops.
I tried to download fugu-lmy48n-factory-3b9d8638.tgz from the nexus stock image page and tried flashboot flash system fugu-lmy48n-factory-3b9d8638.tgz and got the error:
< waiting for device >
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 1.223s]
sending 'system' (457721 KB)...
OKAY [ 16.014s]
writing 'system'...
FAILED (remote: flash_cmds error!
)
finished. total time: 18.417s
I unzipped the TGZ file and tried with the TAR file and got the same error.
Then I flashed CM Recovery and that worked and I can get into CM Recovery thinking I can just update with the CM12.1 rom. The problem is that I don't have the zip on the device's sd card so I had to push from ADB by doing -
ADB sideload cm-12.1-20150520-UNOFFICIAL-fugu.zip
and it starts and goes for about 46% and stops with CM Recovery stating:
E: Failed to verify whole-file signature
E: signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
I googled this and people said to turn off signature verification since most roms are signed but I can't find any instructions on how to do that....
I also found an OTA zip of 6.0 and when updating from CM via ADB sideload, it gives me the error:
E: Error in /sideload/package.zip
(Status 7)
So that's where I'm at....not sure what to do next so any help you guys can provide would GREATLY be apprciated. Thanks!!!
Disregard, I think I got it figured out. I guess I was in stock recover and not in CM Recovery. Flashed CM Recovery again and I was able to flash CM12.1. RIght now it's sitting at the loading screen with the happy blue android face.
Hello,
I have a Nothing Phone 1 that hangs in bootloader/fastboot mode.
The bootloader is unlocked.
Unfortunately, the phone can no longer be booted into recovery mode.
With fastboot the device is still recognized.
So you could still flash files via fastboot.
The phone was not rooted.
The phone previously ran with the original stock firmware 1.1.7 hotfix.
It is an EEA device.
Is there anything that can be done?
Or is it now an expensive paperweight?
Try running "fastboot reboot recovery" in the terminal with your phone connected.
Unfortunately this does not work.
Thanks for the quick reply.
The device then boots back into the bootloader
It looks like they have Nothing OS downloads here. You could just try reflashing the phone through fastboot.
Looks like someone else is having the same problem. Keep an eye on that thread in case a solution comes up there.
so, i have the unpacked payload.bin image files. Here fastboot tells me several errors with odm.img FAILED (remote: '(odm_b) No such partition'), with product.img FAILED (remote: 'Partition not found'), with system.img FAILED (remote: 'Partition not found'), with system_ext.img FAILED (remote: '(system_ext_b) No such partition') and with vendor.img FAILED (remote: 'Partition not found').
After a restart, the error remains.
There is also the fastbootD mode, but this does not work or does not boot.
After this command the device hangs in bootlogo (nothing).
Unfortunately very sad that there is still no solution for this. let's hope that there is soon a solution for this.
Sapphire86 said:
so, i have the unpacked payload.bin image files. Here fastboot tells me several errors with odm.img FAILED (remote: '(odm_b) No such partition'), with product.img FAILED (remote: 'Partition not found'), with system.img FAILED (remote: 'Partition not found'), with system_ext.img FAILED (remote: '(system_ext_b) No such partition') and with vendor.img FAILED (remote: 'Partition not found').
After a restart, the error remains.
There is also the fastbootD mode, but this does not work or does not boot.
After this command the device hangs in bootlogo (nothing).
Unfortunately very sad that there is still no solution for this. let's hope that there is soon a solution for this.
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Type "fastboot reboot fastboot" in the terminal, with your phone connected, and then run "fastboot flash <yourimagename>.img".
yes, when i enter this command the device restarts and hangs in the bootlogo and in the terminal it says then wait for any device. That means the Nothing Phone does not start the fastbootD mode.
And if he doesn't do this, I think it looks really bad.
Are you using Windows to flash it?
Yes windows 11 with the latest drivers, but I have already considered using linux.
Which linux distribution would be best. Then I will download it and try it out.
I would recommend Ubuntu, if you have a spare computer to install it on (or dual boot). Just make sure you install the tools needed from here (Scroll down to the "Command line tools only" section and download the Linux version)
I only use Linux, so let me know if you have any questions.
Ok thanks. I will have a look and install it on a notebook later.
You have to be very careful. I had the same problem (bootloop in fastboot) and by dint of manipulation, no more fastboot, my smartphone is hard brick (black screen with logo and message key to shutdown)
ziptric1805 said:
You have to be very careful. I had the same problem (bootloop in fastboot) and by dint of manipulation, no more fastboot, my smartphone is hard brick (black screen with logo and message key to shutdown)
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If your phone has a Qualcomm processor, you still have EDL mode.
It is not bricked. Just flash any cutom rom, I recommend Paranoid Android. Then revert back to stock NOS.
@MakDroid
I just installed Topaz 1 (A13) to save my bricked phone. How can i revert back to stock NOS from A13? There is any option or i have to wait for full rom with A13?
Ostry10 said:
@MakDroid
I just installed Topaz 1 (A13) to save my bricked phone. How can i revert back to stock NOS from A13? There is any option or i have to wait for full rom with A13?
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Download NOS 1.1.7 full from here.
Extract payload.bin and place all the extracted .img files inside a folder named "images".
Copy the images folder and the attached bat file (extract the zip to get the bat file) to the platform-tools folder.
Run the bat file and it will start flashing. Wait for it to complete and then simply update to latest version using stock updater.
Hey guys, I need help with this Asus Zenfone 2 Laser that:
Cannot boot to any OS (asus logo pops up, freezes, and then a blue screen flashes for a really short period, before it powers off, see video here.)
Can't download the unlock app to unlock bootloader
Can't access ADB
Cannot access Recovery mode
Can't "factory reset", apply update over ADB, etc.
Bootloader is locked
Can't flash custom recovery, boot TWRP, or really anything...
See fastboot reference below for more info
Code:
$ fastboot boot twrp-3.7.0_9-0-Z00T.img
Sending 'boot.img' (31066 KB) OKAY [ 0.987s]
Booting FAILED (remote: 'unlock device to use this command')
fastboot: error: Command failed
$ fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.7.0_9-0-Z00T.img
Sending 'recovery' (31066 KB) OKAY [ 0.987s]
Writing 'recovery' FAILED (remote: 'Permission denied, phone is protected')
fastboot: error: Command failed
$ fastboot flash boot boot.img # (Original boot.img from factory image)
Warning: skip copying boot image avb footer (boot partition size: 0, boot image size: 17980722).
Sending 'boot' (17559 KB) OKAY [ 1.478s]
Writing 'boot' FAILED (remote: 'Permission denied, phone is protected')
fastboot: error: Command failed
$ fastboot flashing unlock
FAILED (remote: 'unknown command')
fastboot: error: Command failed
$ fastboot oem device-info
(bootloader) Device unlocked: false
(bootloader) Charger screen enabled: false
(bootloader) Display panel:
OKAY [ 0.003s]
Finished. Total time: 0.003s
As someone who has only worked with Google Pixel phones in the past, I'm very frustrated for a few reasons.
Firstly, why the hell is the ONLY WAY to unlock a bootloader through an app that was released in such a clandestine, under-the-table way?
Second, why is the manufacturer gatekeeping the recovery files? The only way I was able to find the stock recovery.img is through a comment on a Reddit post (ironically posted by an ASUS Employee).
Third, I've been scouring the internet for many, many days trying to find any kind of emergency recovery method, but every single tutorial acts on the assumption that the bootloader is unlocked, and that boot.img, recovery.img, etc. can be flashed.
Enough about the frustration. Now let's talk about what I've tried so far.
I tried ASUS Flash Tool (Finding ADB drivers was a whole different fiasco for this device), and came up empty handed, as it doesn't detect the device when in fastboot mode.
I tried using fastboot to flash boot, recovery, system, fastboot, and dnx/ifwi, to no avail.
I tried booting into recovery via `fastboot reboot recovery`, `fastboot reboot-recovery`, `fastboot oem reboot-recovery`, and by holding Vol Down while booting up. They all give the same result, which is just an instant (<1 second) reboot. My best guess is that recovery.img is either missing or badly corrupt, so the bootloader just gives up and exits immediately.
Please help. I don't want an expensive paperweight sitting in my drawer just because of a bootloop that wasn't my fault (seriously this device just bootlooped itself one day, I didn't flash a custom rom, root or anything like that).
Any help is appreciated,
Thanks in advance
you can flash on locked bootloader in EDL mode. search in the forum, don't hesitate to ask for clarity on search results. I give you a starting point.
(don't read the whole thread, it will only confuse you)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...image-dump-file-raw-bin.4543217/post-88139417
alecxs said:
you can flash on locked bootloader in EDL mode. search in the forum, don't hesitate to ask for clarity on search results. I give you a starting point.
(don't read the whole thread, it will only confuse you)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...image-dump-file-raw-bin.4543217/post-88139417
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Probably a dumb question, but how can I put my device into EDL mode?
I've tried many key combinations in conjunction with plugging it into the computer, and I've tried connecting it without a battery.
if nothing else works you need to figure out test points
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...ed-to-unlock-bootloader.4531349/post-87944673
you still have fastboot? try this for EDL mode.
Code:
fastboot oem enter-dload
Good news and bad news. Good news is: I was able to enter EDL mode.
Bad news is, apparently my entire partition scheme was messed up, and upon running "edl w gpt gptboth0.bin", fastboot no longer works.
I have tried flashing aboot using edl ("edl w aboot emmc_appsboot.mbn") and it's not working.
Not to mention that it is almost impossible to find the firmware file with all the factory files such as "emmc_appsboot.mbn". The place where I got my file seemed very sketchy and I'm not surprised if the reason it's not working is because it's the wrong file.
Once again, this is a result of ASUS gatekeeping their recovery files to service centers to drive up repair sales.
If anyone has a link, or would like to provide a donor file, it would be VERY much appreciated.
what is inside official download?
https://www.asus.com/supportonly/asus zenfone 2 laser (ze551kl)/helpdesk_bios
alecxs said:
what is inside official download?
https://www.asus.com/supportonly/asus zenfone 2 laser (ze551kl)/helpdesk_bios
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So yes, I was able to get fastboot back. However, I am now facing another issue.
In order to get fastboot back, I had to run this command
Bash:
edl qfil rawprogram0.xml patch0.xml image_dir
This seemed fine at first, but now, running "edl printgpt" returns nothing. Somehow, the phone is able to boot to fastboot without any GPT partitions visible.
However, when I try to flash gpt_main0, or gpt_both0, the phone now becomes unbootable.
This means, if I try to create a partition table to flash recovery onto, appsboot (and by extension, fastboot) no longer works.
Code:
$ fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Sending 'recovery' (18115 KB) OKAY [ 0.581s]
Writing 'recovery' FAILED (remote: 'partition table doesn't exist')
fastboot: error: Command failed
"partition table doesn't exist"
If I try to create the partition table, the phone refuses to boot...
OS were
sj-dan said:
So yes, I was able to get fastboot back. However, I am now facing another issue.
In order to get fastboot back, I had to run this command
Bash:
edl qfil rawprogram0.xml patch0.xml image_dir
This seemed fine at first, but now, running "edl printgpt" returns nothing. Somehow, the phone is able to boot to fastboot without any GPT partitions visible.
However, when I try to flash gpt_main0, or gpt_both0, the phone now becomes unbootable.
This means, if I try to create a partition table to flash recovery onto, appsboot (and by extension, fastboot) no longer works.
Code:
$ fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Sending 'recovery' (18115 KB) OKAY [ 0.581s]
Writing 'recovery' FAILED (remote: 'partition table doesn't exist')
fastboot: error: Command failed
"partition table doesn't exist"
If I try to create the partition table, the phone refuses to boot...
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So we're you able to find a fix in any way? I find myself in just about the same situation tho for different reasons. I have a radiant max 5g att device i moronicaly tried to download a gsi using the dsu updater, but forgot to unlock bootloader or even enable USB debugging before attempt. So OS system is crashing an saying 'device corrupted' on boot attempt. Recovery mode gets the same result. Was able to use the bugjaegar app to connect ad run the bootloader but every repair attempt is blocked by the fact the USB debugging isn't on. To make matters worse I accidentky hit boot fastbootd command instead of normal and whatever that did wiped out my ability to even connect with bootloader so I'm kind of stuck.
faisaliteb said:
Mod. edit: spammer gone. alecxs
I found many tutorials about fixing bootloops on the Nexus but they all seem to require an unlocked bootloader.
The bootloader on the device is locked. I can see the device in fastboot devices but I can't unlock it.
Any idea how to repair this? Can I somehow flash a factory image onto the device even though OEM unlock is disabled? There is no data on the device that would need to be preserved. I'm ideally looking for a Linux-based solution. more info... ***
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Yeah man I've been looking at this problem for over a week now and can't find much online at all to help. Except for this EDLmode some devices can boot into, and apparently you can flash a locked system using this emergency download mode. I dunno still researching.
I've gotten myself into a bit of a pickle. I just got my Nothing Phone yesterday, and I've already managed to get it stuck in a boot loop. I am still able to access fastboot and my computer still recognises it, so i hope it is still salvageable.
It all started when I stumbled upon this guide, which promised that unlocking and rooting it would be done in minutes. I know next to nothing about rooting phones, but the guide made it seem fairly straightforward. So I gave it a go. Big mistake.
Here's exactly what's happened:
I followed the guide step by step.
At step 2.2 I downloaded the full 1.1.7 (EEA) package from here. Then I extracted the boot image from the downloaded zip by following this guide (still following the main guide).
Flashing it went fine, no errors, but after trying to start it, it just shows the logo for a few seconds and then restarts.
A bunch of googling later, I stumbled upon an xda thread where someone had linked to a website with pre-built images. I tried flashing some of those too, no luck.
Last thing I tried was flashing the "v1.5.3 Fastboot ROM" from that site, but I didn't get far with that at all. It contains a .bat file, but i'm on mac, so tried running the commands one by one. First step was "fastboot set_active b" and that succeeded, but after that it fails with the flashing; "Flashing is not allowed for Critical Partitions". I'm afraid to continue at this point.
If possible I would still like to continue with rooting it, but if it is easier to go back to factory without root I am ok with that too at this point. Can someone please help?
Did you try this? https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/how-to-unbrick-nothing-phone-1-fastboot-bootloop.4501439/
@itsTarec oh god, i think that might just have worked! It does boot now, and i'm going through the setup process. BUT, a few things failed during the flash process:
Code:
(not in order)
Resizing 'system_a' FAILED (remote: 'Not enough space to resize partition')
Writing 'odm_b' FAILED (remote: 'No such file or directory')
Writing 'product_b' FAILED (remote: 'No such file or directory')
Writing 'system_b' FAILED (remote: 'No such file or directory')
Writing 'system_ext_b' FAILED (remote: 'No such file or directory')
Writing 'vendor_b' FAILED (remote: 'No such file or directory')
Should i be worried?
nike1 said:
@itsTarec oh god, i think that might just have worked! It does boot now, and i'm going through the setup process. BUT, a few things failed during the flash process:
Code:
(not in order)
Resizing 'system_a' FAILED (remote: 'Not enough space to resize partition')
Writing 'odm_b' FAILED (remote: 'No such file or directory')
Writing 'product_b' FAILED (remote: 'No such file or directory')
Writing 'system_b' FAILED (remote: 'No such file or directory')
Writing 'system_ext_b' FAILED (remote: 'No such file or directory')
Writing 'vendor_b' FAILED (remote: 'No such file or directory')
Should i be worried?
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Sorry mate, I have no idea. Keep looking for a solution... I was thinking about rooting my NP1 either but after seeing your thread I'm reluctant
itsTarec said:
Sorry mate, I have no idea. Keep looking for a solution... I was thinking about rooting my NP1 either but after seeing your thread I'm reluctant
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Yeah, can't recommend it unless you really know what you're doing. It seems to be alright now though, thankfully
nike1 said:
Yeah, can't recommend it unless you really know what you're doing. It seems to be alright now though, thankfully
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Is your device rooted now? Or did you just fixed the issue?
nike1 said:
I've gotten myself into a bit of a pickle. I just got my Nothing Phone yesterday, and I've already managed to get it stuck in a boot loop. I am still able to access fastboot and my computer still recognises it, so i hope it is still salvageable.
It all started when I stumbled upon this guide, which promised that unlocking and rooting it would be done in minutes. I know next to nothing about rooting phones, but the guide made it seem fairly straightforward. So I gave it a go. Big mistake.
Here's exactly what's happened:
I followed the guide step by step.
At step 2.2 I downloaded the full 1.1.7 (EEA) package from here. Then I extracted the boot image from the downloaded zip by following this guide (still following the main guide).
Flashing it went fine, no errors, but after trying to start it, it just shows the logo for a few seconds and then restarts.
A bunch of googling later, I stumbled upon an xda thread where someone had linked to a website with pre-built images. I tried flashing some of those too, no luck.
Last thing I tried was flashing the "v1.5.3 Fastboot ROM" from that site, but I didn't get far with that at all. It contains a .bat file, but i'm on mac, so tried running the commands one by one. First step was "fastboot set_active b" and that succeeded, but after that it fails with the flashing; "Flashing is not allowed for Critical Partitions". I'm afraid to continue at this point.
If possible I would still like to continue with rooting it, but if it is easier to go back to factory without root I am ok with that too at this point. Can someone please help?
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When you want to root it is fairly simple, but you need to patch the EXACT boot.img file that your current firmware has. For example, you cannot patch the 1.1.7 boot.img and flash it when you have installed the 1.5.3 firmware.
And for root you need to patch the boot.img with the Magisk app, not just flash it.
lucy1983 said:
When you want to root it is fairly simple, but you need to patch the EXACT boot.img file that your current firmware has. For example, you cannot patch the 1.1.7 boot.img and flash it when you have installed the 1.5.3 firmware.
And for root you need to patch the boot.img with the Magisk app, not just flash it.
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Aha, I see. That wasn't clear to me. I thought i needed a full package and not just an incremental one, that's why I went for 1.1.7. I did patch it with Magisk though, just the wrong version i guess. But all is well now, the phone's fully working afaict. Thank you for clarifying what went wrong!